The Quick Collection is a place for you to quickly add photos that you need to grab from more than one folder in your Lightroom Classic catalog. It is an “easy access,” temporary location for a group of images that you will print, export, share or create a new collection from.
Some authors claimed the Lightroom Quick Collection is a smart way to gather together a group images from any of your folders in a Catalog without changing the location of the original images. It is essential to the process of maintaining an organized library.
It is essential to the process of maintaining an organized library. Whenever you start a new project within Lightroom, a book, slideshow, etc, it makes sense to create a Quick Collection of selected images and then save it.
To make sure your copy of Lightroom has Quick Collection Markers turned on, go to the top menu and choose View> View Options (Command J for the Mac or Control J for the PC). Select the Grid View tab and in the Cell Icons Panel, make sure the Quick Collections Markers is checked.
Anyway, to save it, all you have to do is right click the Quick Collection title for the contextual menu. If you choose “Clear Quick Collection” it clears the gray circle markers from the images and empties the content of the Quick Collection folder. Lightroom doesn’t even ask you if you’re sure you want to clear the folder.
What is a lightroom collection?
A Lightroom Collection is a grouping of photos. The photos can be from the same folder or from different folders all over your hard drive. When you put photos in a collection you are NOT making duplicates of the files you are putting there. You are just telling Lightroom that you want those photos linked and viewable together in your collection.
What is a smart collection in Lightroom?
A smart collection is a collection based on metadata criteria that you specify. Smart collections automatically include all photos that meet the criteria. You don’t manually add or remove photos from a smart collection. Lightroom Classic includes a set of five default smart collections: Colored Red, Five Stars, Past Month ].
This of course begs the query “What are the different types of Lightroom collections?”
There are three different types of collections in Lightroom: Collections – used to group photos together and access them across all Lightroom panels. Smart Collections – used to gather images together automatically using criteria you set. Collection Sets – used for organizing collections and smart collections.
How do I create a smart collection in Lightroom Classic?
Lightroom Classic includes a set of five default smart collections: Colored Red, Five Stars, Past Month, Recently Modified, and Without Keywords. Create a smart collection In the Library module, do one of the following: Choose Library > New Smart Collection.
If you want to make this collection available in Lightroom across devices, select the Sync with Lightroom option. The collection appears in the Collections panel with a photo-print icon. Photos that are part of a collection display a Photo Is In Collection badge in the Grid view and the Filmstrip.